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$150.00

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Dassel, Germany, made on the same site since 1584.  It is sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts.  This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 The book’s endbands are black and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped washi paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono silks are printed, and its spine is covered in Saffiano French goatskin, the finish preferred by the Italian house, Prada.

The talisman in this book is a 1944 racing medal from Malmo, Sweden.  Its obverse indicates that is for timed racing.  Sometimes, the hardest race is the one we run against the clock.

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This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Dassel, Germany, made on the same site since 1584.  It is sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts.  This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 The book’s endbands are black and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped washi paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono silks are printed, and its spine is covered in Saffiano French goatskin, the finish preferred by the Italian house, Prada.

The talisman in this book is a 1944 racing medal from Malmo, Sweden.  Its obverse indicates that is for timed racing.  Sometimes, the hardest race is the one we run against the clock.

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Dassel, Germany, made on the same site since 1584.  It is sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts.  This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.

 The book’s endbands are black and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped washi paper that was hand silk-screened in Japan in a factory where kimono silks are printed, and its spine is covered in Saffiano French goatskin, the finish preferred by the Italian house, Prada.

The talisman in this book is a 1944 racing medal from Malmo, Sweden.  Its obverse indicates that is for timed racing.  Sometimes, the hardest race is the one we run against the clock.